Hockey Equipment

Hockey is one of the most popular contact gamesforming a shallow scoop for catching and guiding the
played in the US, probably next only to soccer andpuck.Field hockey uses a molded plastic ball. Ice
rugby. There are several versions of hockey playedhockey and inline hockey use hard, vulcanized rubber
such as field, inline, rink and ice hockey. All usediscs called pucks. Both balls are sized according to
specialized gear and equipment.The basic equipmenthockey associations. The objective of any version of
of hockey is a stick, which may be about three feethockey is to guide the ball or puck towards the goal
long. Hockey sticks are round and generally made ofnet. Goal nets are supported by steel frames and
wood covered with fiberglass; aluminum sticks are alsohave durable synthetic nylon nets.Protective gear and
used and both varieties feature suede and rubberteam jerseys are just as important as the skates or
grips. Field hockey sticks have hooked bases, whichfootwear, the stick and the puck. Protective hockey
are rounded at one end and flat at the other togear is comprised of a chest protector, a helmet, large
accurately smack the ball into the goal. Ice hockey andpadded shorts, shin pads, a neck protector, and other
inline hockey sticks have broader bases and most aregear. Make sure you use all protective gear whenever
designed for right-handed players. When holding theyou play hockey. Some pick-up games of hockey are
upper portion of the stick with your left hand and thenot played with protective gear, but safety should
lower portion with your right, the base curves forward,come first.